Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 567 274: Abyss Situation and Xu Dejun's Request

As Xu Dejun's series of statements were uttered, the atmosphere fell into a dead silence.

Wu Chang's mouth slightly opened, his eyes staring blankly at Xu Dejun, unable to react for a moment.

Since just now, every piece of information Xu Dejun said was shocking.

Like the total loss of control over the Pillar of the Present World, the internal war initiated by the Evolution Sect of the Four Major Organizations, the successful seizure of power by the Evolution Sect, and the subsequent announcement of their cooperation with the Bright Society.

Each piece, taken individually, would be enough to cause a dramatic shift in the Abyss's world order, but Xu Dejun rattled them off as if listing dishes.

Even at the end, when he concluded with "The Realm of Reason is finished," he seemed unsatisfied, as if there was more left unsaid.

If he could, Wu Chang would really like to stop Xu Dejun mid-sentence and pretend he never heard it.

Wu Chang pinched the bridge of his nose, calming his chaotic thoughts.

He had just faced off with the Bright Society, worrying about how to hide himself upon ascending to the Realm of Reason to avoid being caught by Joy.

Now, great—when he ascends into the Realm of Reason, he not only has to deal with the Bright Society but also the Four Major Organizations that have allied with them.

Thinking about this, he suddenly understood the Painter. Must one ascend into the Realm of Reason?

Retreating and hiding in the Desolate Realm seemed like a viable path.

"What about the members of the Abyss Third Layer? Are they just letting the Bright Society and the Evolution Sect run wild?" he couldn't help but ask.

Xu Dejun's gaze wandered, as if touched on a weak spot, not daring to meet Wu Chang's eyes.

"There was a problem with the Abyss Third Layer, so they won't intervene in the affairs of the Realm of Reason for now."

Wu Chang sighed and said, "Go ahead and say whatever the problem is. With the Realm of Reason in turmoil like this, what bigger problem could there be?"

Xu Dejun gave an awkward smile and said, "In fact, the entire Abyss Third Layer voluntarily disconnected from the lower realms seven years ago."

Wu Chang: ...

What does that mean? Could there be masters?

He felt a headache, took a deep breath, and cautiously asked, "Is there a reason?"

Xu Dejun was a bit hesitant, holding back for a long time before quietly saying, "The threshold to ascend into the Abyss Third Layer is a lower deity, meaning all players in the Abyss Third Layer are as powerful as gods."

"I don't know much about the specifics, but it seems they believe they have transcended mortals, thinking mortals only bring chaos to them, so they somehow severed the connection between the second and third layers of the Abyss."

Wu Chang frowned and said, "Not contacting them is one thing, but going to such lengths?"

Xu Dejun said helplessly, "The Realm of Reason originally had World Dungeons that offered participants a slightly easier path to ascend and diverted accumulated abyssal erosion into the Abyss Third Layer, reducing the Realm of Reason's pressure."

"After the Abyss Third Layer chose to close off, the World Dungeon in the Realm of Reason disappeared, leaving the Realm of Reason unable to release the erosion to deeper parts of the Abyss but still having to constantly receive abyssal erosion from the Desolate Realm, making the environment increasingly perilous."

"The madness of the Realm of Reason, almost collapsing, actually stems from the Abyss Third Layer's closure seven years ago, not the inability to return to reality."

Wu Chang understood now. Abyssal erosion is akin to an invisible pressure; it offers higher rewards but also erodes the players, bringing more significant danger.

To survive, players must continuously grow stronger, strong enough to escape the effects of erosion.

But the stronger the players become, the more challenging dungeons they are matched with, and the higher the pollution value in those dungeons until they ascend to the next layer of the Abyss.

In this cycle, abyssal erosion is like an invisible whip, driving players forward relentlessly.

The concentration of abyssal erosion should increase layer by layer from low to high through the layers of the Abyss.

The erosion from the Desolate Realm is discharged into the Realm of Reason, and most erosion in the Realm of Reason is discharged to the Abyss Third Layer. This increasing erosion concentration aligns with the trend of forcing players to grow stronger.

But something unexpected happened when it reached the Abyss Third Layer.

Because, starting from the Abyss Third Layer, players possess divinity, creating a significant gap from the lower layer players.

Just as mortals cannot defeat gods, the existence of divinity completely distinguishes mortals from gods.

Players in the Abyss Third Layer cannot receive support from the first and second layers but will continuously receive the abyssal erosion discharged from lower layers.

For the "gods" of the Abyss Third Layer, the existence of mortals became meaningless and even a burden.

So they sealed the channels between the Abyss Third Layer and the lower realms, refusing to accept the abyssal erosion discharged by the Realm of Reason.

Their actions broke the concentration gradient of abyssal erosion, leaving the Realm of Reason's abyssal erosion unable to be released while constantly absorbing the abyssal erosion discharged from the Desolate Realm.

The Realm of Reason, into which things can enter but not leave, faced with high concentration abyssal erosion, accelerated the collapse of Realm of Reason players.

In a bid for self-rescue, the current Realm of Reason crisis emerged.

Wu Chang rubbed his forehead, having clarified the background; now there's the crucial question.

"What are the Evolution Sect and the Bright Society trying to do?"

Xu Dejun had already said everything he could and couldn't to this young man who was at odds with the Four Major Organizations and now had no retreat.

He said, "You have temporary administrator authority. You should have seen the forming World Dungeon in the intermediate level."

Wu Chang nodded. When he first entered the temporary administrator perspective, he saw a massive energy cluster taking shape in the intermediate level.

At that time, the energy cluster was still in its growth phase, yet the Power it contained was already four to five times that of an ordinary ascension dungeon. If fully formed, the Energy it contained would be unimaginably vast.